acertemos el número y también la serie.

English translation: we get the right number,

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Spanish term or phrase:acertemos el número
English translation:we get the right number,
Entered by: Eugenio Llorente

22:59 Feb 25, 2013
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics / Estadística
Spanish term or phrase: acertemos el número y también la serie.
It is about a lottery. To make the context clearer I give my own interpretation below:

"¿Y si el sorteo fuese distinto? Si, por ejemplo, ahora los números que forman el boleto premiado se van obteniendo de 5 bombos diferentes del 0 al 9, y tuviésemos un sexto bombo que nos marca una serie (supongamos que hay 50 números de serie). Aquí la situación se va complicando puesto que ahora para ganar el premio tienen que ocurrir dos cosas, que acertemos el número y también la serie."

"What if the lottery would be different? If, for example, now the numbers that are listed on the winning ticket will have to be obtained from five different drums, from 0 to 9, and if we had a sixth drum which would give us a serial number (let’s say there are 50 serial numbers). Here the situation grows more complicated since now to win the prize two things have to happen, that we get the number and the serial number."
Eugenio Llorente
Spain
Local time: 18:11
that we guess the right number, and also the right series.
Explanation:
That is, if it was Spanish into English, and not the other way round.
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Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
Local time: 14:11
Grading comment
Muchas gracias.
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4that we guess the right number, and also the right series.
Mónica Algazi
4that we match both the number and the serial number
Patricia ONeill
4both the ticket number and the serial number must match
DLyons


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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
that we guess the right number, and also the right series.


Explanation:
That is, if it was Spanish into English, and not the other way round.

Mónica Algazi
Uruguay
Local time: 14:11
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Muchas gracias.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carl Stoll
23 mins
  -> Thank you, Carl.

agree  Charles Davis: I completely agree with this, except for "guess"; I think it should be "get", because this is the kind of lottery where we buy a number but we can't choose any number we like. But I don't want to post an alternative for the sake of one word!
1 hr
  -> Sorry; I'm not a gambling expert. : / Thank you, Charles.

agree  lorenab23: With Charles, get the right number...
2 hrs
  -> Thank you, Lorena.

agree  James A. Walsh: Yes, "get" all the way :)
14 hrs
  -> Thank you, James.
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
that we match both the number and the serial number


Explanation:
serial number or series, depending on your previous choice.

The sentence would be something like:

Now the situation gets more complicated, as we have to match both the number and the serial number.





    Reference: http://mdlottery.com/games/multi-match/
Patricia ONeill
Local time: 14:11
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
both the ticket number and the serial number must match


Explanation:
It's an impersonal construction, and it's best to repeat the word "number".

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 17:11
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 263
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